Divers : What questions would you like the Blog Team to answer?

What questions would you like the Blog Team to answer?

What questions would you like the Blog Team to answer?

In the context of ensuring air travel safety, what is the difference between two people, both of whom are willing to cooperate with TSA's invasive interrogations, one of whom politely declines to show ID, the other of whom claims he lost or misplaced his ID? (23)

45%

TSA cites 49 C.F.R. § 1540.107 and 1540.105(a)(2) as the law giving them authority to demand identification as a condition of granting access to a sterile area of an airport. 49 C.F.R § 1540.5 appears to limit such passenger screenings to searches for weapons, explosives, and incendiaries as the only requirement for granting access to the sterile area. How does TSA reconcile this conflict? (26)

51%

Given that it's trivially easy to forge a boarding pass, how does presentation of validated IDs do anything to ensure that people on selectee/no-fly lists don't enter the sterile area? (21)

41%

Why haven't you answered Trollkillers very specific questions about the obvious illegality of the new ID program? (16)

31%

How many people have to manually check in per day because of name similarities with the watch list? (10)

20%

How many people per day are denied flight due to the no fly list? (6)

12%

Why are "secure area" and "sterile area" so often conflated in official blog personnel responses? (5)

10%

Why can't the full body scan screeners work where the person scanned can see them? (12)

24%

Why were my bare arms patted down? do you check for fake skin? (5)

10%

When will cargo be screened reliably? (15)

29%

When will all workers be screened? (14)

27%

Where is the Privacy Impact Assessment for the form that TSA provides to people who claim to be unable to present credentials at TSA airport checkpoints? (12)

24%

Where is the information from a TSA SSI expert about x-ray images of Apple's latest laptop computer Bob wrote that he would provide? (7)

14%

How many layers of approval does one of your blog posts have to go through before you are allowed to post it. (6)

12%

When will TSA comply with the ADA and provide adequate accommodations for disabled individuals to enable compliance with the demands of TSOs? (16)

31%

Why has TSA restarted the pointless gate screening? If the sterile area is in fact sterile, there's no need to screed those who have already been screened. (19)

37%

Why do you have access to my political affiliation? (16)

31%

If the strategy at play is discretion, why do air marshalls, flight deck officers, and other firearm-carrying individuals draw inordinate attention to themselves by entering airports through the exit lanes, and continue to board flights early? (8)

16%

I had a TSA agent tell me that each airport is free to implement security standards beyond those listed on the TSA site -- meaning that they could restrict items from being allowed in carry-on baggage that are explicitly allowed according to the TSA site. If this is true, how are travelers expected to properly plan for their trips? (22)

43%

What immediate measures can a person take when encountering a less than friendly TSA agent? (18)

35%

Why is the "complaint form" SSI? (12)

24%

Can we clone Dean? (6)

12%

When will TSA take FULL responsibility for items stolen from our checked bags? You know there are thieves among the ranks, yet you take no responsibility. (12)

24%

Are you REALLY going to answer our questions with REAL answers? (9)

18%

Why doesn't TSA consider items being stolen from checked bags a security threat? Dangerous items could just as easily be ADDED to luggage... (22)

43%

From which companies/sources you get the sensible informations for the "lost" ID interview? (10)

20%

Why is the new US Government Passport Card w/RFID not an accepted ID for US air travel, while less secure IDs such as state driver\'s license are accepted? (15)

29%

Why do checkpoints NEVER have complaint forms when we ask for them? Is the TSA Complaint Form available on-line as a printable PDF, and if not, why not? (14)